function [bits_count] = levenstein_code_length(num)
	bits_count = 1;
	res = abs(num);
	iterations = 0;
	while (res ~= 0)
		res = floor(log2(res));
		bits_count = bits_count + res;
		iterations = iterations + 1;
	end;
	bits_count = bits_count + iterations;
end
